Colander strainer



- A. G. ANDREWS COLANDER STRAINER Filed Oct. 17, 1927 Patented Oct. 23, 1928. I i

UNITED STATES PATEiN T- OFFICE.

ABTm G. ANDREWS, 01' ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 'ASSIGNOR TO THE WASEZBURN COM- "PAH, OI WOBUEBTI, KASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OI MASSACHUSETTS comxnnn srnuimn,

,A flhanu fled October 17, 1927. SerialNo. 226,617.

This invention relates kitchen utensils and more particularly a colander-strainer.

Colan'ders, as 'ordinaril .-'{=kniwn, are made accordance with the present invention I have.-

provided a colander made up of a screen bowl and a wire base or holder, and have found that this utensil, while capable of practically all of the uses of the ordinary type of colander, is more efficient in certain kinds of work as, for

example, in washing berries, green peas, beans, rice, etc., and, more important still, takes the place of a double boiler since it is capable of use as a steamer by placing the same inside of a kettle in the case of steaming rice or other foods.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a colanderstrainerinade as herein described;

Fig. 2-is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a view showing the use of the utensil as a steamer. The utensil comprises a bowl 4 of wire'screen construction and-a base or. holder 5 of wire construction. The bowl 4 is suitably circular and has a sheet metal rim 6. which is rolled at its upper edge, as at 7, and beaded slightly below the upper edge, as at 8. The cupped screen 9', which is preferably of fairly coarse gauge, is fastened to the rim 6 at the lower edge thereof in the usual manner. The bowl fits snugly but removably in the holder 5, the upper ring 10 of the wire frame comprising the holder having the rim .6 fitting neatly therein up to the rolled edge 7 the ring being arranged to snap into place over the bead 8 in the manner shown in Fig. 2 ;whereby to retain the bowl-against accidental displacement from the holder. Handles 11 are provided on the ring 10 by loops bent in the wire of the ring at diametrically opposite sides thereof in a forming operation. The ring 10 is contracted to such an extent in the forming of the handles 11 that the ring 10, in order to pass over the bead 8, has to rely on a slight amount of expansion afforded by the resilience of the wire in the handles 11. The ring 10, therefore,

firmly rips the bowl. The holder has a bottom or ring 12 oined with'the upper ring "10 by wire ribs 13 suitably spot-welded or otherwlse secured to the two rings at: the

points 14 and 15. The wires 13 are suitably arched to conform to the shape of the screen bowl and are joined together by an intermediate concentration ring 16 spot-welded thereto at the points 17, thus making for the desired strength and rigidity.

In use, it will be observed that the pedestallike base of the holder supports the bowl elevated sufficiently for the purposesof draining, as, for example, when cooked vegetables like spinach, squash, beets, beans, cauliflower, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, peas, etc., are poured into the bowl or when vegetables and dried or fresh fruits, berries, etc., are being washed therein. The elevated position of the bowl is, of course, an equal necessity where the utensil s used for straining, as, for example, strainlng grapes, currants, and all sorts of jellies, soups, etc.,or where the utensil may be put to the service of a sink strainer. Principally however, attention is called to a novel use depicted in Fig. 3 where the utensil has been placed in a kettle 18 closed by a lid 19 and containing water to the depth indicated at 20, as for example when steaming rice, macaroni,

, spaghetti or other foods. The elevated support keeps the rice above the water and the screen bowl allows practically unrestricted passage for the steam through the batch of rice or other food in the bowl so that the latter .is steamed thoroughly and much more efiicientl than the operation could be performed in a ouble boiler. The rem'ovability of the bowl-is obviously of advantage in washing the same and might also prove to be of advantage in certain cases where it might be desired to use the bowl alone, as, for example, simply as a sieve. 1,

It will, therefore, appear that I have prop vided a utensil of the type referred to, which, by reason of the novel construction described,

performs the functions of the ordinary kind I the to rin to the bottom ring and secured to bot eac of said ribs being bent inwardly in a curve from the top ring substantially to fit the outside of the bowl and serve as a support therefor and having the lower end bent outwardly to the bottom ring whereby to rovide a broad pedestal base for adequate sta ility of the device.

2. A colander-strainer comprising a wire frame of skeleton construction providing a supporting rin the same having one or more handles provi ed by looped portions extending outwardl therefrom, and a screen bowl arranged to t removably in said frame having a sheet metal rim arranged tobe frictionall engaged in said supporting ring, the latter eingslightly contracted in-diameter in the forming of said looped portions but being expansible by reason of the resilience in the wire of the loo ed portions whereby the rim of the bowl 1s arranged when entered in said rin to expand the same so that the bowl is hel frictionally due to the resilience of said looped portions.

3. A strainer as set forth in claim 1 including a concentration ring between the top and bottom rings connected to the ribs where the latter are bent outwardlytoward the bottom ring, whereby all of said ribs are rigidly means fastened together to form a rigid support and are-firmly held against lateral d1splacement out of o erativc relation to the bowl.

4. A utens' of the character described comprisin -a wire frame of skeleton construction provi ing a supporting rin and a screen bowl arranged to fit remova ly in the wire frame, said bowl havin a sheet metal ring forming the rim thereo the upper edg: 0

said rin being rolled and said rin in beaded s ightly beneath the rolled e e, an the rin being arran d to fit within the wire ring 0 the frame wit the rolled edge seating on the toplof the wire ring and the bead engaging t the latterso that the bowl is removably retained in place. o

5. A utensil as set forth in claim 4 wherein the wire ring has one or more handles provided by looped portions, the wire ring being slightly contracted in diameter in the formin of said looped ortions but being expansi 1e b reason of t e resilience in the wire of the ooped portions in .order to ride over the bead on the sheet metal ring formin the rim of the bowl substantially as describe In witness .of the foregoing I afiix my sig- ARTHUR G. ANDREWS.

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